Kristen Stewart knitting on the set of Eclipse, Jasper's Wig, AND what Stephenie Meyer thought of Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria

Here is part 2 of the Eclipse movie portion of our Stephenie Meyer interview. Today we will talk Jasper's wig, Kristen Stewart learning to knit on the set, and Stephenie's favorite flashback scene in Eclipse and much, much more. Plus : What does Stephenie think of Bryce Dallas Howard's performance in Eclipse? You'll soon find out!

DOWNTIME ON SETWe have heard from most of the Twilight actors that time in between takes is not their favorite. Stephenie was on hand for many days of filming found some fun ways to entertain herself.

Re-enacting scenes with Producer friend Wyck Godfrey sounds like a blast...I can't even image what is on Stephenie's cell phone in the video section!

Do you think they got around to this re-enactment?

"Gina the hairdresser" taught Kristen Stewart and Meghan (Stephenie's assistant/BFF) to knit. Stephenie is getting a custom line of scarves made from Meghan! Remember all those pap shots of Kristen knitting and all of us wondering how that fit into Eclipse?Well now we know but don't take our word for it!!! Listen for yourselves:

Twifans.com: Stephenie talks indoor Eclipse sets, What they did in downtime during filming.

Transcript

Q: Do you see the dailies? Like, on that, did you see the dailies with the original shoot?

SM: Yeah, I came up. When I came up the next time I was up there, I always go through all the dailies & everything that I missed while I was gone, and then it's too late because re-shoots are hideously expensive
and problematical because Rob's doing a movie somewhere else, and Kristen's
doing a movie, and their schedules, it’s really—. We had to do the re-shoots
really close to the release date because Rob was doing Bel Ami, and so it's
difficult to do re-shoots, so you want to get it in the day. And that's when
you have things like Rob not having the time off. You can't really do much
about it.

SM: Also they had dismantled Bella’s house at that point...and that scene that takes place in front of the house, it no longer was there…and that's a problem.

Alison/Twifans: We'd like it there just so a lot of people could visit it all the time. Why they'd take it down?

SM: They took it down so it wouldn't get vandalized in between shoots. They have it all stored away like a puzzle that they can put back together; same with the Cullen house.

TST: And you have to, like, get all these inspections done, ‘cause if you leave a house there, don't you? There's all these technical things that go on.

TS: Well yeah, they can't keep it up if it's not a fully functional house.

??: They wouldn’t get vandalized [the voice goes too high to be able to translate!]

??: People – Remember the L.A., uh…

??: It was horrible!

TF: It was like going to Disneyland.

*chatter*

??: That’s crazy.

??: That’s funny.

??: I want to steal the entire car.

??: Yeah, do it right!

SM: The Cullen house they built all indoors, which was really cool. To walk into that sound stage with the gravel driveway & the forest & the house, & to walk through the whole house,
and it was all just this set. It was really an amazing construction. Bill
Bannerman does that. He's a really fun guy; we were, like, "Bill…well done,
can I have one? Can you build this for me?"

SM: (as if speaking for Bannerman) Yeah, you can help with this ‘cause you [??] down this driveway.

Meghan: Night shoots

SM: We re-enacted some scenes. You know Wyck the producer? He & Meghan did the tree climb. I was the digital camera man with the cell phone. Good times. *laughter* There is so much time in between takes &
especially when they're resetting. You spend a lot of time sitting there. Most
of the people on the set picked up knitting, including her (Meghan, SM's
assistant).

Meghan: Kristen taught me how to pearl.

SM: Gina the hair lady taught everybody to knit, she taught Kristen to knit. And they all sit around knitting. It’s really cute.

Alison: Everybody wanted to know what those—what Kristen was doing knitting, and I’m, like, "What is she knitting? Is that in the movie?" when those pictures came out.

SM: It's very calming, right? You can sit there & you can think while your hands work. It's a very popular thing. She (Meghan) makes really good scarves now. She learned it on Eclipse.

*chatter*

ROSALIE, JASPER, AND THE WOLFPACK...OMY

The background stories for the Cullens and the wolfpack help give insightful looks into why these characters are the way they are. They were are favorite parts of Eclipse and we wished they were longer. Damn you 2 hour movie! Stephenie wishes these parts in the Eclipse movie were longer also and says "maybe on the DVD extras!" But out of the 3 flashbacks; which is her fav?

Twifans.com:
There are 3 back stories in Eclipse: Rosalie, Jasper, and the wolfpack legends.
Which do you think is Stephenie's favorite?

Transcript

Q: Okay, I have a question. It’s a little movie-related. We haven’t seen it yet, but in Eclipse we get a lot of background for Rosalie, Jasper, the Quileutes, which I love, love, love. It’s my favorite part of reading those books. And getting to know the characters. So, which of the backgrounds are you most excited, or have you been most excited to see played out on film?

SM: I’ve known Jasper’s is really exciting. Having read them--When I was writing them. I really liked the Quileutes better.

Q: I love the Quileutes, so for me, I was so excited to see the third wife and all of that, but because of reading Bree, I am now so excited about seeing Jackson’s background (Jackson Rathbone, aka Jasper).

SM: And they’re short in the movie because they have to be. That’s always the heartbreak of them, it’s like—“ah!” The scene after the Biology—It’s so hard to get things--and it kills you. You want to see Robert and Kristen do that.

Q: You want it to be 5 hours long!

SM: Yeah! And so it’s hard to have a story—Now, I think that Nikki Reed will surprise you in her section. She does so good.

Alison: I’m really excited about that.

Male: Oh, it’s so great!

Q: Oh, I wish it was longer, I wanted to see her where they--

Q: We wanted to see her rip up Royce.

SM: I know, didn’t you kinda want to—but she looked amazing. The period piece was really fun. They did have to shorten that down. And there were some things that I-- Again…hope for the DVD extras, right? But Jackson as a human…..was…..awesome. And I know the issue is his hair, right? Ok…I hear you. I love his hair in this one. When he’s human and that hair that he has in the practice fight stuff? He had a Mohawk for a bit because he just did Airbender. I always pictured Jasper with a little bit longer hair.

Q: Yeah, like Twilight.

SM: I like it when it’s messy. When they kind of smooth it, then it ruins it for me, but I like this one better than I’d liked him with the longer hair. We were really excited. The first time we saw the wig pictures, we were like “ohh, we like that.” It’s different, right? But that happens because they’re all people and, ya know, they’re getting older and… Vampires don’t do that.

WHAT DO YOU THINK:

BRYCE, BRYCE, BRYCE

When something changes or gets added to our movies it really upsets us. Bryce taking the role of Victoria sent a serious fear for continuity through the Twilight fandom. It has all worked out in the end for most and we couldn't of asked for a more gracious actress to replace Rachelle Lefevre. Bryce is a fan of the saga and did her best to carry on Rachelle's legacy in a way that would make fans proud. What did Stephenie think of Bryce's performance and was, Bryce Dallas Howard, Stephenie's first choice for the role of Victoria?

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Thanks for the email, Allison! That is so cool that KStew learned how to knit! :) And I loved Jasper's hair in Eclipse. It turned out so much better compared to the previous movies! Also, I think Bryce is so sweet! I definitely missed Rachelle, but Bryce took onthe role pretty good!